Why I Hate Stock Photography for Web Design

http://www.mlwebco.com - In this video I discuss why I hate using stock photography for web design. ;)

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[nvj944]

One more point: :)

-- Basic photography skills lets you distance yourself from the competition. There are a lot of website designers. There are lot of photographers. There are fewer designers with photography skills. Besides, what happens when a client wants product photos or photos of a team for an 'about' page?

[mlwebco]

@nvj944 Yes, excellent points.

[bharatkumargupta]

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[JeuxInde]

Don't hire a webdesigner ? Yes their are different prices depending on what you need.

Go ahead and pay some "friend" 150$ to make your site, or do it yourself, or buy a wordpress template, but by doing that, you're company will not be "unique".

Also by hiring a professional, he knows exactly how to show what you want to your users via your website, knows what to do and what not to do.

[robertogiobbi]

why I hate web designers...

yes you are right, to make a site with some functions they ask to me 10.000 euro and 2 months. I made in 20 days and spend 250 euro...and it's mine

[fishcontrol]

Same with Web Design. Don't hire a web site designer, do it yourself or give your friend $100s to design it.

[radavies1uk]

Try using stock images which have not been bought before (order by downloads-ascending in any of the agency search engines), you could also use tine-eye or google image search to check for existence on the web on any comp of a stock photo... or even actually pay more than a few dollars for a stock photo and buy it rights-managed or for exclusive use.

It's more expensive, but it's still cheaper than setting up your own shoot for every website or commissioning a photographer on assignment.

[rjcream]

plus they are overpriced

[SKrasnosht]

Good points Mike! I have created sleek and professional web images with regular / basic camera and sometimes even my cell phone camera -- but got lots of help from Photoshop. Having creativity and some Photoshop skill, almost any photo can be improved and enhanced.

[mjrzasa]

I know some photography from classes at school, but what would be a good camera to buy that is not too expensive, but still worthwhile and will give high quality images?